underseek

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English underseken, onderseken (also undersechen), from Old English undersēcan (“to investigate, examine”), equivalent to under- +‎ seek. Cognate with West Frisian ûndersykje (“to research”), Dutch onderzoeken (“to investigate, probe, examine”), German untersuchen (“to examine, investigate, explore”). === Pronunciation === === Verb === underseek (third-person singular simple present underseeks, present participle underseeking, simple past and past participle undersought) (transitive) To examine; explore; investigate. (transitive) To spend too little time or effort in seeking.